Life — April 28, 1898 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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*LIFE: True, HERES many a man that grinds the ax Re aibier, s egotiated gold bricks in all climates. Such a man may gaze unwinkingly at a hotelier bedizened like a kosher impresario, and he may walk the glittering halls of the Wallflower-Hysteria, indifferent to gold standards, scornful of the mutations of Wall Street, serene in the knowledge that the hotel and the fullness thereof are his. While there are many degrees of the Dead head, ranging from the Dead- beat to the United States Sena- tor, there is but one kind, Heis never prodigal with coin; face values are hiscurrency; he laughs at bankruptey; and in commerce and politics he favors a policy of free trade and unrestricted credit. The Deadhead is a dis- clly American institution, get some fine specimens, culled and imported from foreign nobilities; but the Transatlantic articles seem to lack the finish, grace, smoothness and fineness of touch peculiar to the native of these United tes. Joseph Sinith, The Signal for Action. & A mation expects every mun to do his Spaniard.” HE man with a bad memory makes a poor prophet. That ought to turn the crank; ‘There’s many an actor treads the boards That ought to walk the plank. Short Stories. HE following inquiry has been re- ceived froma friend with regard to Lire’s offer of one hundred dollars for the best short story received before June 1, 1898: I presume, from lack of other direction, that stories for your Short Story Contest are to be sent in under the authors* names. Still, as the other method is quite universal in similar con- tests, it is possible that you may have assumed that it would be followed, and therefore neglected a specific statement. Might I beg you to set doubt at rest and relieve the uncer- tainty that now oppresses the literary world For the benetit of our correspondent, and others who may be in similar doubt, 367 we will state that those contributors who send in their stories to the Short Story Editor of Lire and who wish to con- ceal their identity, may do so by placing their names and addresses in a sealed envelope, to accompany their manu. script. These envelopes will not be opened until after the awards have been made. This is entirely optional, and not necessary except where contributors may desire to do so, There has also been some question raised as to the number of words the stories should contain. Lire has stated that they should be between fifteen hun- dred and two thousand words in length. In no case should the stories be long than two thousand words, but should they be somewhat less than fifteen hun dred, this will not necessarily debar them from the contest CUTTING A POOR RELATION comicbooks.com